all right... I don't need to be mobile all the time, i.e., I don't need to drag my LT to campus every day, just every so often. Hence, I'd use the PB as a desktop replacement rather than as a laptop. however, every so often I need to use a LT on campus and for travel.

I've been a winblows user for 13 years, I have zero practical experience w/ macs (except for messin with them @ the apple store or compusa.

putting the $100 price differnce aside (I can make up for that w/ selling the 2nd iPod), which one(s) would u go for?

I would go for the imac and ibook simply becuase the imac is G5 and will last you longer in the technology world without lagging behind. The ibook is a solid laptop and if you are only using it at campus u you mainly be on the ima anyway.

Imac is better for gameplay and has higher specs than powerbook all round practicially and you get an ibook on teh side for less $$.

Hope this helps but thats what i would do and good luck with your decision i wish i was you lol

I think that the price has gone down since he has been looking. I remember this from a while back.

One thing that I think would be useful if you get 2 computers would be the iMac service. I believe it would make it much easier for you to keep things up to date on both computers. (I'm not lucky enough to have 2 macs to test this on!)

I will often find myself wishing that I had a little smaller portable and a little bigger desktop, so I think this might work pretty good for you. The only thing, like others have said, is if you may need some power with the portable. I don't think that the iBook will cut it for much too powerfull apps.